Subject: Huffman, Eddie T., 1905-1977 / Resource Type: still image / Location: Gardena (Calif.) - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Photograph of boxer Tiger Flower, returning to his corner, while opponent Eddie Huffman is down on the mat as the referee counts down at Ascot Park.
Date:: July 24, 1926
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Tiger Flowers was the first African American middleweight boxing champion. This match took place in Ascot park near Gardena, Calif., which became a raceway in 1957 and later closed in 1990.
Date:: July 24, 1926
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Photograph published in article: "Tiger Flowers Whips Eddie Huffman at Ascot," Los Angeles Times, 24 Jul. 1926: A1.
Date:: July 24, 1926
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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